When a black hole tears apart a star, the event is called a tidal disruption event. It
According to NASA, such an event occurs no more often than once every 10,000 years in a typical galaxy.
Ironically, according to NASA, a black holeconsumes only about 1% of the mass of the star. Most of it is actually catapulted back into space in the form of huge jets of energy and matter. They shoot from the central region of the black hole.
Scientists from the Particle Accelerator Laboratory in Hamburg showed what this process looks like.
The jets are so bright that they sometimes illuminate space.This allows astronomers on Earth to catch a glimpse of distant black holes that are mostly invisible. Tiny ghostly particles called neutrinos are also ejected from a black hole, sometimes giving researchers insight into the processes occurring during a tidal disruption event.
Watching how fast a black hole goestearing apart and carrying away a star is a great reminder that no one should approach such a powerful object anytime soon.
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